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Access to Knowledge
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5 Jul 2015
News
Not many contributors for Kannada-centric Wiki pageWikipedia, which has over 60,000 contributing editors in India, has only 33 Kannadigas contributing to the Kannada section, said Pavanaja U B, programme manager, The Centre for Internet and Society, Bengaluru.
5 Jul 2015
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Kannada Wikipedia Workshop in Mangaluru (Coverage in Udayavani)As part of its ongoing partnership with St Aloysius College Mangaluru, CIS-A2K co-organized a workshop with the Kannada wikipedia community on Kannada Wikipedia. Udayavani covered this in their edition on July 5.
5 Jul 2015
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Kannada Wikipedia Workshop in Mangaluru (Coverage in Prajavani)As part of its ongoing partnership with St. Aloysius College, Mangaluru, CIS-A2K along with the Wikipedia community in Karnataka organized a workshop on Kannada Wikipedia. Prajavani reported this in their edition published on July 5, 2015.
2 Jul 2015
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Statement by the Centre for Internet and Society on the Broadcast Treaty at SCCR 30The 30th Session of the World Intellectual Property Organization's ("WIPO") Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights ("SCCR") is underway in Geneva from 29 June, 2015 to 03 July, 2015. While CIS was unable to attend this meeting, …
29 Jun 2015
Blog post
Odia Wikipedia meets Google Developer GroupThis is a guest post by Wikimedian Sailesh Patnaik who has been a ardent contributor in Odia-language Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects and has led outreach and partnership building initiatives to grow the Wikimedia projects in Odia …
28 Jun 2015
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Comments on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations: Technical Background Paper Prepared by the WIPO SecretariatTechnical Background Paper prepared by the WIPO Secretariat in relation to the Broadcast Treaty (“Technical Background Paper) provides information on new and emerging technologies and on legal developments in the broadcasting sector. This …
25 Jun 2015
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National IPR Policy Series : Follow-up RTI to DIPP on the IPR Think TankThis RTI was prepared by Varun Baliga and Nehaa Chaudhari as a follow-up, based on the responses of the DIPP to our earlier RTI requests (available at …
24 Jun 2015
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Train the Trainer: Running effective outreach activities in IndiaIt is heartening to report that many Wikimedia projects in Indian languages have sustained, and even experienced an upward trend in, editor engagement. However, in terms of content creation, the majority of these projects are still facing …
24 Jun 2015
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The US 301 Report – A Myopic View of IP RightsVarun Baliga and Nehaa Chaudhari discuss the 2015 US 301 Report, focussing on its narrow and convenient understanding of IP rights. A farrago of contradictions, it supports a rightsholder-centric view but not when the right, Geographical …
20 Jun 2015
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National IPR Policy Series : India's National IPR Policy - What Would WIPO Think?As part of the National IPR Policy Series, CIS is evaluating how India's National IPR Policy framework and process holds up to WIPO's suggestions. In this note, Varun Baliga and Nehaa Chaudhari examine in particular, the functioning of the …
15 Jun 2015
News
Odia Wikipedia Celebrates 13 Years of Free Knowledge Contribution at BhubaneswarThe event was held at the Institute of Physics, Near Apollo Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha on June 3, 2015, at 5 p.m.
12 Jun 2015
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The Newly Updated Indic Keyboard App Now Supports 22 Asian LanguagesThis blog post was written in my personal capacity.
31 May 2015
Blog post
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡିଆ: ନୂତନ ଯୁଗର ଆରମ୍ଭMy op-ed on Odia Wikipedia and its journey of 13 years was published in Odia daily "The Samaja".
31 May 2015
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Odia Language Wikipedia Page Grows to 800K Page Views A MonthOdia Wikipedia is one of the first few Indian language Wikipedia projects celebrating such an old age. The Wikimedia community will gather in Odisha's capital of Bhubaneswar on June 3 to celebrate Odia Wikipedia's 13th anniversary.
31 May 2015
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Joining the Dots in India's Big-Ticket Mobile Phone Patent Litigation (Updated)An analysis of the significant commonalities and differences in various big-ticket lawsuits in India over the alleged infringement of mobile device patents.
28 May 2015
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How to do GuerillaGLAMA proposal titled How to do GuerrillaGLAM" that I had submitted for the Wikimania 2015 has been accepted. I will be presenting this on July 18.
26 May 2015
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National IPR Policy Series - CIS Letter to IPR Think TankWe sent this letter to the IPR Think Tank following responses that we received from the DIPP, to our RTI requests.
22 May 2015
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Report: Global Intellectual Property Convention 2015The Global Intellectual Property Convention was held in January 2015 in Mumbai. Interns Anna Liz Thomas and Nayana Dasgupta assisted with the making of this report.
21 May 2015
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National IPR Policy Series : Who is a 'public authority' under the RTI Act?In this blog post, CIS intern Devrupa Rakshit examines case law with respect to the understanding of a 'public authority' under the Right to Information ("RTI") Act, 2005.
14 May 2015
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Call for Participation: Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public InterestWe are pleased to announce the call for participation for the fourth edition of the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest (“Global Congress”), being hosted at New Delhi from December 15 to 17, 2015.
13 May 2015
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Odia Wikipedia Set to Celebrate 13 Years of Volunteer ContributionsOdia Wikipedia, one of the first of several Indian language Wikipedia projects, is ready to celebrate 13 glorious years of free knowledge contribution on June 3.
11 May 2015
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2015 USTR Report: Old Wine in New BottleEvery year, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) undertakes an elaborate exercise to castigate countries' domestic intellectual property (IP) law and policy. The criticisms and recommendations are presented in a …
29 Apr 2015
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Pervasive Technologies Project Working Document Series: Literature Review on IPR in Mobile app developmentThis post is literature survey of material exploring and analysing the role of Application Platforms in the Mobile Applications Development ecosystem, albeit from an intellectual property perspective. The document is a work in progress.
28 Apr 2015
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Indian businesses crave IP certainty, but better patent values are tempting them overseasIndian corporate leaders view a strong and sustainable IP system as key to furthering their country’s economic development and attracting continued foreign investment, a recent study suggests. A lack of confidence that this is currently the …
18 Apr 2015
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Now you can search Google in Kannada, in your handwritingAll you need to do is to make changes in settings on your phone or tablet.
16 Apr 2015
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Better intellectual property values luring Indian startups abroadPrime Minister Narendra Modi says Make in India. But anyone who wants to, finds that their intellectual property is valued much more if the patent is filed in the US, or anywhere else, but India.
15 Apr 2015
Blog post
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ପାଇଁ ଡିଜିଟାଲ ଅସୁବିଧାThis paper was presented at the 2nd National Language Seminar by CIS-A2K Pogramme Officer Subhashish Panigrahi. In the paper, Panigrahi discusses about the hindrances of mass use of Odia language on the internet and how that is impacting in …
15 Apr 2015
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National IPR Policy Series: RTI Requests by CIS to DIPP + DIPP ResponsesIn earlier blog posts, we have discussed the development of India’s National IPR Policy (“the Policy”); comments by the Centre for Internet and Society (“CIS”) to the IPR Think Tank before the release of the first draft of the Policy and …
13 Apr 2015
Blog post
Patterns of Gender Aggression and Harassment in Open Tech and Open Culture Communities OnlineReport on the talk delivered by me at Adacamp held in Montreal, Canada on April 13-14, 2015.
10 Apr 2015
News
One reason startups are moving out of IndiaPrime Minister Narendra Modi says Make in India. But anyone who wants to, finds that their intellectual property is valued much more if the patent is filed in the US, or anywhere else, but India.